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Paramount+ has opened up its vault of classic MTV Unplugged episodes. Over 50 episodes of the live performance series have been added to the streamer, alongside dozens more episodes of VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads.

According to a press release, many of the episodes “haven’t been available in 20+ years.” Coming from Seasons 1-8 and 10-13, the MTV Unplugged episodes include iconic performances from Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney, Oasis, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, Alice in Chains, and Bob Dylan.

Meanwhile, the VH1 Storytellers episodes are taken from Seasons 1-9, 11-13,15, and 16, featuring standouts like David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Alicia Keys, and Elton John.

See the full list of more than 125 episodes below.

MTV Unplugged

Aerosmith (1990)

Alanis Morissette (1999)

Alice in Chains (1996)

Alicia Keys (2005)

Allman Brothers (1990)

Annie Lenox (1992)

Arrested Development (1993)

Babyface & Friends feat. Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and K-Ci & JoJo (1997)

Bob Dylan (1994)

Bryan Adams (1997)

Chris Isaak (1995)

Cranberries (1995)

Crowded House...

Beyond The Gates spoilers and updates reveal viewers should consider themselves warned-simply by watching the latest promo for the new CBS soap, you’re going to get slapped!

Ahead of the highly anticipated premiere on Monday, February 24 (2/1c), a new promo gives fans an enticing glimpse into the scandalous lives of the residents at Fairmont Crest.

Meet The Duprees!

In the heart of a lush Maryland suburb, just a stone’s throw from Washington, D.C., lies a prestigious enclave known for its wealth and influence within the African American community.

This upscale gated neighborhood boasts elegant mansions and picturesque, tree-lined avenues. At the forefront of this elite society is the Dupree family, a lineage synonymous with power and prestige, embodying the essence of Black royalty.

Yet, beneath the surface of their opulent lifestyle, a web of tantalizing secrets and scandals lurks, ready to be revealed. Meanwhile, the eyes of...

Beyond The Gates spoilers and updates reveals on the January 19th edition of CBS News Sunday Morning, correspondent Nancy Giles invited viewers to explore the intriguing world of daytime’s latest soap opera. Beyond the Gates centers around a prominent and influential multigenerational family residing in a Maryland suburb, renowned as one of the wealthiest Black counties in the nation.

Beyond The Gates Spoilers – The Dupree Family Is The Focus

The Dupree family will be brought to life by an impressive cast: Clifton Davis (Vernon Dupree), Tamara Tunie (Anita Dupree), Daphnee Duplaix (Nicole Dupree Richardson), and Karla Mosley as Dani Dupree.

Mark your calendars for the series premiere on February 24th at 2:00 p.m. Et/1:00 p.m. Pt on CBS, with streaming available live and on demand through Paramount+.

Michele Val Jean, the creator, executive producer, and head writer of Beyond the Gates, shared on X that a behind-the-scenes segment will air tomorrow,...

On Sunday, January 19, “CBS News Sunday Morning” will feature a segment highlighting “Beyond the Gates,” the first new network television soap opera in more than 25 years.

According to a logline, correspondent Nancy Giles will talk with the creative minds and actors from the groundbreaking series which follows a powerful and prestigious multigenerational family living in a gated community outside of Washington, D.C., and is the very definition of Black royalty.

Created by Michele Val Jean who also serves as head writer, executive producer and showrunner, the series cast is led by Clifton Davis (Vernon Dupree), Tamara Tunie (Anita Dupree), Daphnee Duplaix (Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson) and Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree).

Michele Val Jean, Sheila Ducksworth

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“Don’t miss it! A whole feature on #BeyondTheGates, including an on-camera interview with @SheilaDucks [Sheila Ducksworth] and Yours Truly,” wrote Val Jean on X (formerly Twitter) in teasing the segment. Ducksworth is...

Christmas has come early for daytime soap fans, with CBS’ release of a first peek Beyond the Gates of the medium’s first new series in a quarter-century (seen below).

Premiering Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at 2 pm Et, Beyond the Gates takes place “in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, D.C., in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States,” according to the official logline. “At the center of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. But behind these pristine walls and lush, manicured...

CBS has announced that it will air repeats of “The Price is Right” to fill the 2:00 p.m. Et/1:00 p.m. Pt slot soon to be vacated by “The Talk. “

Following the series finale episode of the veteran daytime talk show, which concludes its 15 season run on Friday, December 20, encore episodes of the popular game show will take over the time slot beginning Monday, December 23. It’ll be the placeholder until the new daytime drama series, “Beyond the Gates,” premieres on Monday, February 24, 2025.

According to the network, the placement of encore episodes marks the only change to the daytime schedule, with its other shows, including original episodes of “The Price is Right,” remaining in their respective time slots.

“The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Price is Right” and “Let’s Make a Deal”

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The CBS daytime lineup beginning Monday, December 23, 2024 is...

Following up on this week’s announcement that “Beyond the Gates” will premiere Monday, February 24, 2025 on CBS, the network is formally announcing the show’s writing team.

Robert Guza, Jr., who had previously been named an executive producer alongside creator, head writer, executive producer and showrunner Michele Val Jean, will also be part of the show’s writers’ room as co-head writer. In addition to serving as head writer at “General Hospital,” Guza is also best known for his writing work on “Santa Barbara” (writer), “Sunset Beach” (co-creator; co-head writer) and “Loving” (co-head writer). In primetime, his writing credits include “Melrose Place,” “Models Inc.” and “General Hospital: Night.” He was a story consultant for “Port Charles,” the first spinoff series for “General Hospital” early in the show’s run.

Susan Dansby, who most recently served as a writer at “The Young and the Restless” working in various writing capacities, including story consultant,...

Beyond the Gates spoilers indicate that the new soap begins physical production on Friday, November 3rd. But ahead of that, the cast and crew commemorated the event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the first cast table read.

In addition, a time capsule was put together containing signed scripts as well as letters from the cast. The celebration, held on set in Atlanta, was attended by the cast, the crew and executive producers.The show will begin airing late in January, 2025.

Beyond The Gates – The All-star Cast Gathered For The First Time

For the first time, the cast of Beyond the Gates gathered together as they went through their very first table read.

Cast members include Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Ben Gavin, Marquita Goings, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, Mike Manning, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Karla Mosley,...

As previously reported, “Beyond the Gates” will premiere Monday, February 24, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Et/1:00 p.m. Pt on CBS. The series will also be available to stream Live and On Demand on Paramount+*.

In addition to announcing a premiere date and time slot for the series, CBS on Tuesday formally unveiled the official Facebook and Instagram pages (@beyondthegatescbs), with the show’s official hashtag set as #BeyondTheGates.

Daphnee Duplaix, Clifton Davis, Karla Mosley, Tamara Tunie

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The first post shared on the platforms was a video of cast members Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley appearing on set and dressed as their characters as they tell potential viewers when to expect the show to premiere.

“We are the Dupree family, and we are thrilled to announce the premiere of our new daytime drama, ‘Beyond the Gates,’” announces Tunie, who plays matriarch Anita, at the start of the video.

“Beyond the Gates” will premiere Monday, February 24, 2025, CBS announced on Tuesday.

The new daytime drama series from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture will air weekdays at 2:00 p.m. Et/1:00 p.m. Pt on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream Live and On Demand on Paramount+*.

Production on “Beyond the Gates” formally began on Wednesday, October 30 with the cast, crew and producers gathering at the show’s new Atlanta, Georgia-based studio for a ribbon cutting ceremony ahead of the first cast table read. Commemorating the start of season one, the cast also came together and contributed signed scripts and letters to their future selves that would be placed inside a time capsule and encased on the series stages for future retrieval. Physical production for the series began on Friday, November 1.

The Cast and Executive Producers of “Beyond the Gates”

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“Beyond the Gates” stars Tamara Tunie,...

On Wednesday, October 30, the cast, crew and executive producers of “Beyond the Gates,” CBS’ upcoming daytime drama series that is set to premiere in early 2025, gathered outside the show’s new Atlanta, Georgia-based studio for a ribbon cutting ceremony ahead of the first cast table read.

Further commemorating the start of season one, the cast also came together and contributed signed scripts and letters to their future selves that will be placed inside a time capsule and encased on the series stages for future retrieval. Physical production for the series starts Friday, November 1.

“Beyond the Gates” stars (in alphabetical order) Alex Alegria, Lauren Buglioli, Brandon Claybon, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Ben Gavin, Marquita Goings, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, Mike Manning, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Karla Mosley, Colby Muhammad, Arielle Prepetit and Tamara Tunie.

The Cast and Executive Producers of “Beyond the Gates...

Upcoming CBS soap opera “Beyond the Gates” has completed its castings, with veteran actor and Broadway star Clifton Davis joining the daytime series as the Dupree family patriarch.

Along with Davis (“Godfather of Harlem”), Alex Alegria (“Gossip Girl”), Lauren Buglioli (“Bad Monkey”), Ben Gavin (“Super 8”), Jibre Hordges (“Grown-ish”), Jen Jacob (“The Union”) and Mike Manning (“This Is Us”) have also signed on to star. Come 2025, the show will be the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap and the first new daytime drama to premiere since “Passions” in 1999.

Previously announced cast members include Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, Karla Mosley, Brandon Claybon, Timon Kyle Durrett, Sean Freeman, Marquita Goings, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit.

According to CBS, Davis will star as Vernon Dupree, the husband of Anita and the father of Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson and Dani Dupree. Hordges will play Jacob Hawthorne, Naomi...

CBS has confirmed the first three cast members for its new daytime soap opera Beyond The Gates. Soap fans everywhere are eager to learn more about the new show. So, what details have been shared so far? Keep reading to find out.

What Is Beyond The Gates About?

CBS first picked up the soap in April under the title of The Gates. It is being developed by CBS Studios’ partnership with the NAACP. The soap is slated to start production this fall in Atlanta and is expected to hit the small screen in early 2025.

Beyond the Gates is created by Michele Val Jean. She will also serve as executive producer and showrunner on the soap opera. Other EPs on the show include Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr., Julie Carruthers, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner, and Anna Saalfeld.

The official description for Beyond The Gates says that it will be...

Poster for ‘Beyond the Gates’

Filming is expected to get underway this fall on CBS’s first Black one-hour daytime drama Beyond the Gates. With the series about to head into production, the network announced the first three cast members: Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Daphnee Duplaix (One Life to Live), and Karla Mosley (The Bold and the Beautiful).

CBS Studios/NAACP Venture developed and produce the series in partnership with P&g Studios. Michele Val Jean created the new daytime drama and serves an executive producer and showrunner. Additional executive producers include Sheila Ducksworth, Robert Guza Jr., Julie Carruthers, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, Kimberly Doebereiner, and Anna Saalfeld.

CBS is targeting an early 2025 premiere.

Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, and Karla Mosley join ‘Beyond the Gates’

CBS offered this description of the series and key characters:

“Beyond the Gates is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.

CBS has announced the first cast members for Beyond the Gates, with Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, and Karla Mosley starring as prominent members of the Dupree family. The series from the CBS Studios / NAACP Venture is the first Black one-hour daytime drama to air on television.

Formerly known as “The Gates,” Beyond the Gates begins production later this fall in Atlanta and will premiere on CBS in early 2025.

Tamara Tunie stars as Anita Dupree, matriarch of the family. A famous singer back in the day, Anita worked hard for her success, and raised two daughters with her now-retired senator husband. But underneath her glamorous and refined exterior is a fierceness she gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago.

Tamara Tunie is a seasoned daytime star appearing on As the World Turns for many years. Also, she originated the role of medical examiner Dr. Melinda Warner with a now landmark 23 seasons...

CBS’ new daytime drama series “Beyond The Gates” has cast soap alums Karla Mosley and Daphnee Duplaix as “Dani Dupree” and “Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson,” respectively, daughters of the Dupree family matriarch, “Anita,” played by “As The World Turns” alum Tamara Tunie (ex-Jessica Griffin).

A former model turned “momager” who gave up her career for love, Dani (Mosley) is the Dupree family’s wild child, who’s also free-spirited, headstrong and uninhibited. Dropping out of school to pursue a high-flying modeling career, she has always marched to the beat of her own drum. Meanwhile, Nicole (Duplaix) exudes warmth, empathy and compassion. Although her seemingly perfect life includes being married to a surgeon husband, not everything is as it appears on the outside… inside.

Tamara Tunie

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As for Dani and Nicole’s mother, Antia (Tunie) is the family’s matriarch who at one time was a famous singer.

Best known to daytime fans for her portrayal as Jessica Griffin on “As The World Turns,” actress Tamara Tunie has joined the cast of CBS’ “Beyond The Gates,” the newly retitled daytime drama series set to premiere in early 2025 on the network, it was announced on Thursday.

“Beyond The Gates”

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Tunie is set to play “Anita Dupree,” the family’s matriarch who at one time was a famous singer. Since leaving that life behind, Anita has worked hard for her success, while also raising two daughters with her now-retired senator husband. Underneath her glamorous and refined exterior, there is a fierceness she’s gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago.

“Beyond The Gates” tells the story of the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty.

Set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the...

CBS is beginning to populate the world Beyond the Gates.

Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley will play lead roles in the soap — which also has a new title, adding “Beyond” to its former name The Gates — that’s set to premiere in early 2025. Beyond the Gates will be the first daytime drama centered on Black characters since NBC’s Generations in 1989, and the first such hourlong show ever.

Tunie, Duplaix and Mosley, all of whom have extensive daytime drama experience, will play members of the Dupree family, who are at the core of the series and described as “a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty.” Tunie (Law & Order: Svu, As the World Turns) will play matriarch Anita Dupree, a onetime famous singer married to a retired senator who retains a fierceness from her upbringing in Chicago.

Duplaix (One Life to Live,...

The floodgates have finally opened! Since CBS announced the creation of a new daytime drama featuring the Duprees, a wealthy Black family living their best life in a luxury gated community, fans have been waiting for the casting news. That time is now, and here’s what we know about Beyond The Gates.

Title and Time

Until now, the project that CBS Studios is producing in conjunction with the NAACP has been known as The Gates. However, with this casting windfall comes news that the title has changed. From here on out, the first soap created in 25 years will be known as Beyond The Gates.

What’s even better news is that Beyond The Gates (Btg) will be the first Black one-hour daytime drama to air on television. In fact, Generations, NBC’s groundbreaking African-American soap that aired in the early ’90s, was a 30-minute show.

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CBS’ upcoming daytime sudser Beyond the Gates (new title) has cast three actors to play prominent members of the fictitious Dupree family.

Tamara Tunie stars as Anita Dupree, the matriarch of the family and a former famous singer. She worked hard for her success, and raised two daughters with her now-retired senator husband. But underneath her glamorous and refined exterior is a fierceness she gained from her humble beginnings in Chicago.

Daphnee Duplaix (One Life to Live) will play Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson, daughter of Anita, who is a high-achieving and competitive philanthropist and psychiatrist, and exudes warmth, empathy and compassion. Nicole’s success in life extends to her marriage to her surgeon husband. She has the perfect life … from the outside.

Karla Mosley (The Bold and the Beautiful) will portray Anita’s other daughter Dani Dupree, who’s a former...

“The Gates,” the first all-new daytime drama to receive a series order by a broadcast network since the 1999 launch of “Passions,” has been retitled, CBS announced on Thursday.

Now titled “Beyond The Gates,” the drama series tells the story of the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty, according to a newly released synopsis for the series.

Set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States, “Beyond The Gates” is where viewers will find a posh gated community filled with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions that the wealthy call home.

Behind the pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered. As for those living outside the gates, they are indeed watching closely. For every person who has “made it,...

Tamara Tunie, Daphne Duplaix and Karla Mosley are set to lead CBS’ new daytime soap “Beyond the Gates,” with the trio playing prominent members of the Dupree family.

The show comes from daytime O.G. Michele Val Jean, who worked on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “General Hospital.” It will follow the lives of a wealthy Black family who lives in a luxurious gated community.

Thursday’s news confirms the title — updated from “The Gates” — and sets production for later this fall in Atlanta with a premiere slated for early 2025 (January ’25 was the given date upon the initial greenlight). The program marks the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap opera and the first new daytime drama to premiere since “Passions” in 1999.

Tunie stars as Anita Dupree. CBS describes her as the matriarch of the family, who was a famous singer in her earlier days. She’s worked hard for her...

CBS has set the first three cast members for the upcoming daytime soap opera “Beyond the Gates.”

Tamara Tunie, Daphnee Duplaix, and Karla Mosley are all joining the series, which was originally picked up at the broadcast network in April under the title “The Gates.” As previously reported, the show was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The show will begin production this fall in Atlanta and will premiere on CBS in early 2025.

The official description for “Beyond the Gates” states:

“‘Beyond the Gates’ is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States. Here you’ll find a posh gated community with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions to call home. At the center of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty.

It's been decades since a new soap opera has joined the fray but CBS is about to end that dry spell with The Gates, and they'll be doing it with a daytime program that follows an affluent Black family. The leads of the sudsy story primarily live in a "posh, gated community" according to the network, hence the name of the show.

The series is a joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP. Michele Val Jean, known for her award-winning work on The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital, serves as showrunner and writer. She's joined by Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, and Kimberly Doebereiner as executive producers.

We can expect The Gates to make its debut in January 2025, a specific premiere date has yet to be shared. However, TV Insider reports that filming is set to begin in November of this year in Atlanta, Ga. All...

For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the Grammy Award-winning album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming across all major digital music providers worldwide.

The Concert for Bangladesh was the first major music benefit of its kind. Two sold out concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian goal – setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause.

With its triple album boxset and feature film, The Concert for Bangladesh has generated millions of dollars for Unicef and raised awareness for the organization around the world. To quote the former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, “George and his friends were pioneers.”

By August 1971, when George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends took the stage to play The Concert for Bangladesh, 10 million East Pakistani refugees had fled over the border into India,...

This weekend, The Beatles Channel (Ch. 18) celebrates the official worldwide streaming release of “The Concert for Bangladesh” album with special programming.

Tune in to hear songs from the album throughout the weekend with insights from various hosts on the channel, as well as special episodes of “Dark Horse Radio” and “Fab Fourum.” See the full broadcast schedule below.

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Tthe Grammy Award-winning “The Concert for Bangladesh” album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, and friends is now available worldwide for streaming across all major digital service providers for the first time. Proceeds continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for Unicef.

The Concert for Bangladesh was the first major music benefit of its kind. Two sold-out concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden in August 1971 brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists — including George Harrison,...

You can finally listen to George Harrison’s star-studded Concert for Bangladesh album on the major streaming services. The acclaimed benefit concert, which took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1971, featured Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, and many others joining forces to raise money for Unicef and raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis that followed the previous year’s Bangladesh Liberation War. It was the first time musicians banded together for a benefit concert on a grand scale.

CBS made history earlier this year and announced there was a new soap opera coming to their daytime drama line-up, to replace The Talk. The Gates will be produced by Procter & Gamble and already has an impressive staff of writers. Here’s what we know so far about CBS’ new soap!

What Is The Gates About

According to an official press release, The Gates will follow a wealthy African American family, who lives in a gated community.

The new soap has already been compared to the iconic Generations soap that aired on NBC in the early 90’s.

President Sheila Ducksworth teased, “With multi-dimensional characters, juicy storylines and Black culture front and center, The Gates will have impactful representation, one of the key touchstones of the venture. I’m excited to develop this project with CBS and P&g, two of the longest and most passionate champions of broadcast and daytime television,...

The Gates spoilers tease that there haven’t really been any new announcements made about the Gates, but it looks like that may be about to change in the very near future.

Michele Val Jean, the showrunner and head writer of the new soap is active on X (formerly Twitter) and has recently made a couple of interesting comments and posts about it. The excitement is beginning to ramp up and according to Val Jean herself, things are looking pretty good.

The Gates Spoilers – Announcements Regarding Talent Are Coming Soon

Even though nothing is official, Val Jean took to her X page to inform fans that the creative team behind The Gates was coming together and she used the fire emoji which means she’s excited about who she’s brought on to work with to create this brand new show.

She did say that official announcements would be coming soon.

“I was completely shocked,” shares Justin Levine about how he felt on the morning of Tony Awards nominations when he heard his name called not once or twice but three times for his work on the new musical “The Outsiders.” The multi-hyphenate earned recognition for his contributions to the book by Adam Rapp, his and Jamestown Revival’s score and his and Matt Hinkley’s orchestrations. He and the Jamestown Revival guys Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance watched the announcement together and were “running around like maniacs” in celebration. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

Levine calls the musical “the most collaborative process” he’s ever experienced, though the nature of that collaboration changed often. As he explains, “Sometimes it felt like a relay race… but then a lot of times it felt like a Ouija board where all of our hands were on it and it’s just moving...

Independence Day is here, and Deep Tracks is focusing on the most essential fourth releases from American classic rock artists! We’re counting down your favorites, as voted by you.

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Stream the “Fourths for the Fourth” countdown in the SiriusXM app now, and catch it on-air when it premieres on Deep Tracks (Ch. 308) on July 4 at 4pm Et.

Directions: Vote once for up to 15 of your favorite albums in the poll below before 11:59pm Et on June 16, 2024.

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These are the possible album choices for this year’s “Fourths for the Fourth” countdown:

Allman Brothers Band – Brothers And Sisters

Aerosmith – Rocks

Al Kooper – New York City (You’re A Woman)

Alice Cooper – Killer

Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe

Big Star – In Space...

Victoria Rowell may be best known for her role as Drucilla Winters on The Young & The Restless but that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her many achievements.

Her newest achievement is a role in Summer Camp which is getting a theatrical release on May 31. The film also stars Diane Keaton, Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates, Eugene Levy and a host of others. During a recent interview with Daytime Confidential, Rowell spoke about the upcoming film as well as a host of other topics.

Would Victoria Rowell join the cast of The Gates

When asked about the possibility of coming to The Gates, Rowell said she would absolutely consider coming on board the show, either in front of or behind the camera. As a talented director and amazing actress, Rowell would fit right in on the new soap which is set to premiere in January...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Top 5 artists perform a ballad and an up-tempo song in front of coaches Chance the Rapper, Dan + Shay, John Legend and Reba McEntire to compete for the title of The Voice. Viewers at home have on last chance to vote for their favorite artist overnight. Carson Daly hosts the NBC singing competition.

The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show’s newest season, which premiered February 26 on NBC (8pm Pt/Et). The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows.

See Everything to know about ‘The Voice’ Season 25: Coaches, mentors and finale date …

8:00 p.m. – “Previously on ‘The Voice’!” In the 19th episode, host Carson Daly announced Karen Waldrup (Team Dan + Shay), Nathan Chester (Team...

In 1974, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and the rest of their band Mudcrutch entered Leon Russell’s the Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to record their first demo tape with producer Denny Cordell. It was a crucial moment that led to the formation of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers two years later. In late April of this year, Campbell returned to the studio for the first time in 50 years.

“It was spiritual,” Campbell tells Rolling Stone via Zoom from the “man cave” of his Los Angeles home. “I got a little...

It’s official – The Gates is coming to CBS!

The network’s first Black soap opera in 35 years has been ordered to series, and is set to debut in January 2025.

News of the new series was first revealed at the beginning of march, as a joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP.

Keep reading to find out more…

The Gates will follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.

Additional details, the specific time period and the exact launch date will be announced at a later date.

Michele Val Jean, who has won multiple Daytime Emmys and written over 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas, will serve as writer and showrunner on the upcoming new series.

She will also executive produce alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

After news that the show was in development, there was a report that suggested the...

After a 15 years absence in the genre, P&g Studios will produce The Gates, a 2025 daytime drama about a wealthy Black family which is being developed by a partnership between CBS and the NAACP.

P&g is headquartered in Cincinnati, Oh and has a long history when it comes to daytime soaps. They exited the genre in 2010 when CBS cancelled As the World Turns. In 2009, CBS also cancelled Guiding Light which aired for 72 years on radio and television.

The Gates will have a predominately African American cast

The Gates will depict the lives of a wealthy black family in a luxurious gated community, Michele Val Jean will serve as writer and showrunner.

Val Jean has written over 2,000 episodes of daytime drama and has won multiple daytime Emmys and WGA Awards for her work on such shows as The Bold & The Beautiful and General Hospital. Val Jean will also serve as...

Soap fans will soon have another show to watch starting this January. CBS has ordered The Gates to series and will premiere in January of 2025.

It was just a few days ago that the network revealed that it renewed The Talk for an abbreviated 15th season that will serve as its last.

The Talk will last air in December of this year. White it’s not been officially given a time slot, but it’s likely that Gates will take over the talk shows time slot.

The Gates – The Gates will be featuring all-new characters and stories!

The Gates will depict the lives of a wealthy black family in a luxurious gated community, Michele Val Jean will serve as writer and showrunner.

Val Jean has written over 2,000 episodes of daytime drama and has won multiple daytime Emmys and WGA Awards for her work on such shows as The Bold & The Beautiful and General Hospital.

The flood gates are open! CBS has green-lit an all-new soap opera titled The Gates, which will be the first all-new soap opera in 25 years. The series’ development was previously reported in March. The Gates follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. It will premiere in January 2025, CBS announced on Monday, April 15. At the helm of the series is Michele Val Jean, who has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and won multiple Daytime Emmy and WGA Awards for her work on The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital. Val Jean will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. She executive produces alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, and Kimberly Doebereiner. The Gates was first developed as a joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP. Both parties will produce the series, with P&g Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.

Soaps fans will have even more tasty drama to sink their teeth into: CBS has officially ordered a brand-new daytime series titled The Gates, which is set to premiere January 2025.

The Gates will follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. Michele Val Jean (The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Santa Barbara) will serve as writer and showrunner. She will executive-produce alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

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CBS has ordered the daytime soap opera “The Gates” to series, Variety has learned.

The series was first reported to be in development in March. It was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The official description of the series states, “‘The Gates’ follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.”

Michele Val Jean will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Val Jean has been a writer for “The Bold and the Beautiful” since 2012 and has also written for shows like “General Hospital” and “Santa Barbara.” She has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime television to date. Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner will executive produce. The CBS Studios/NAACP venture will produce in partnership with P&g Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.

The show is slated to debut in January 2025, though an exact date and timeslot will...

CBS is opening The Gates.

The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a formal series order to The Gates, the first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years.

The network on Monday announced that the series following the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community, will debut in January 2025. The specific time period, launch date and other details will be revealed later.

The official series pickup comes a month after CBS announced it was teaming with the NAACP to develop The Gates with the news marking a show of confidence in the script from. Michele Val Jean, who previously penned more than 2,000 episodes of The Bold & the Beautiful and General Hospital, will serve as showrunner and exec produces alongside Sheila Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

“The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama,...

Just a few days after revealing how The Talk will wrap its 15-season run this December, CBS announced today that it has ordered the new daytime drama The Gates to series and will premiere the soap in January 2025.

The specific time period and launch date will be announced at a later date, but it seems certain the drama will take over The Talk‘s timeslot.

The Gates follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. Michele Val Jean, who has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and won multiple Daytime Emmy and WGA Awards for her work on The Bold & The Beautiful and General Hospital, will serve as writer and showrunner.

Val Jean will also be an executive producer alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

The Gates was developed from the joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP. The...

Soaps fans will have even more tasty drama to sink their teeth into: CBS has officially ordered a brand-new daytime series titled The Gates, which is set to premiere January 2025.

The Gates will follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. Michele Val Jean (The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Santa Barbara) will serve as writer and showrunner. She will executive-produce alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

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CBS announced some promising news for the future of daytime dramas last week when it revealed plans to develop a new sudser that would follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.

Dubbed The Gates, the serial is from Michele Val Jean, who has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and won multiple Daytime Emmys for her work on The Bold & The Beautiful and General Hospital. She will serve as writer and showrunner and will also executive producer alongside CBS Studios NAACP Venture President Sheila Ducksworth, along with Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

What CBS didn’t say, however, is how long each episode of the soap would be — though it’s looking to be an hour a day — and where (or when) it would go on the schedule should it earn a series pickup. Dropping The Young and the Restless is...

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On Wednesday, CBS Studios and NAACP Venture announced “The Gates,” an all-new daytime drama series currently being developed for CBS that follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. Veteran soap scribe Michele Val Jean will be spearheading the potential series where she is set up as writer, showrunner and executive producer alongside executive producers Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

In her first official statement since the news was announced, Val Jean took to X (formerly Twitter) and said, “I’m so profoundly touched by the overwhelmingly positive response to #TheGates. What made this announcement especially poignant was it happened on @JackieZeman ‘s birthday. She would have loved this. #angelspirit.”

Jacklyn Zeman (“General Hospital”)

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Val Jean’s post referenced the late Jacklyn Zeman, who played Barbara Jean “Bobbie” Spencer on General Hospital for more than 45 years before she...

Daytime TV may be getting its first new soap opera in decades. CBS is partnering with the NAACP to develop an all-new daytime soap that centers a wealthy Black family. The potential soap will be called The Gates. The Gates will follow a wealthy Black family living in a posh, gated community, per Variety. If ordered, the series will air on CBS as a partnership between CBS Studios NAACP production and P&g Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. Soap veteran Michele Val Jean, who has worked on hit series such as General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Santa Barbara, will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Val Jean was a writer on the first soap opera focusing on Black families, Generations. The soap aired from 1989 to 1991 on NBC. Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson, and Kimberly Doebereiner will also serve as executive producers. CBS hasn’t...

CBS is developing a soap opera about a wealthy family that could become the first daytime TV drama with a predominately Black cast in decades.

The project is titled The Gates, and it follows the lives of a wealthy Black family living in a posh, gated community.

The show will be produced by a CBS Studios/NAACP production venture in partnership with P&g Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. The Gates will be written by Emmy-winning daytime veteran Michele Val Jean (The Bold & the Beautiful), who will also serve as showrunner. Val Jean has also written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime TV.

The last Black daytime soap was NBC’s short-lived Generations, which launched in 1989 as a half-hour drama and was reportedly the first U.S. soap to center around a Black family from its inception. Also, Fox’s 2015 hit drama Empire was regarded by some as a soap opera,...

For the first time since at least 1999, a brand new daytime soap opera is closer to making its way to broadcast television. CBS Studios and NAACP Venture announced today they are developing a new daytime drama series for the CBS Television Network titled “The Gates,” with veteran writer Michele Val Jean set as writer and showrunner.

Val Jean, who exited “The Bold and the Beautiful” last month as a scriptwriter after writing more than 2,000 episodes of daytime dramas and winning multiple Daytime Emmy and WGA Awards, will also serve as an executive producer for “The Gates” alongside Sheila Ducksworth, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.

The potential series will follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. It will be produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP production venture in partnership with P&g Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. P&g, in particular, might...

CBS and the NAACP are developing a new daytime soap opera under their content partnership.

The series, currently titled “The Gates,” would air on the CBS Television Network with the CBS Studios NAACP production venture producing in partnership with P&g Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.

The official description of “The Gates” states that it “follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.”

Michele Val Jean will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Val Jean has been a writer for “The Bold and the Beautiful” since 2012 and has also written for shows like “General Hospital” and “Santa Barbara.”

Sheila Ducksworth will also executive produce along with Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner

“’The Gates’ will be everything we love about daytime drama, from a new and fresh perspective,” said Sheila Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture. “This series will salute...